Make Me Yours by Ashley Zakrzewski

Author:Ashley Zakrzewski [Zakrzewski, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

14

BRYSON

I have this idea at the end of July.

Initially, all I wanted was to support Carleigh. Sure, I’m attracted to her, and have been, but it didn’t seem mutual. So, I just want to be a good friend and friends support each other, cheer each other on - and what more reason to do that than when they run a marathon?

The rundown is that the marathon she signed up for is the full marathon at Lake Placid, about five hours away from the city. Just showing up isn’t going to be as simple as if it were in Brooklyn or Queens. But I’ve been to the Adirondacks before and have always had a great time, so even if everything else backfires, I’ll at least be in a beautiful place, right? So, toward the end of the month, I pulled the trigger and organized a surprise camping trip with some friends so that we could be there to cheer her on. Even if she is too tired to stay after and feels like going back to the city, she will appreciate us showing up.

Then, not even a week later, that night happened. The night where I went to her school’s event and then acted like a jackass, because I couldn’t stop feeling jealous and protective every time someone glanced her way with anything but platonic interest. The night where I almost ruined everything inside some new hipster bar that won’t be open a month from now.

I have no idea what it is about Carleigh that drives me so crazy, because I’ve never felt quite this erratic before with any other girl, but I almost blew it. It took all of my self-control at that bar not to grab her and kiss her and tell her that I want her to be mine, and only mine - and in the end, I hadn’t even really controlled myself, given that I ended up kind of yelling at her on the sidewalk.

But then - then we went home, and things had gotten … muddy. Carleigh came out of her bedroom wearing a little pajama set she had to know was going to draw my eye, then she smiled at me with those big beautiful eyes, hugged and touched me, pulled my hair and kissed my neck. She’d let me drag my big clumsy hands over her runner’s legs and her perfect ass, and pretty sure that if I moved to palm her perky breasts, she’d have let me do that, too.

Now, I have no idea what’s going on between us. We’re not just friends, we’re not quite more, either. We haven’t talked about it since that night - Carleigh tried a little when we returned home from the bar, but for all of the signals that it may be mutual, I’m not confident, and just not ready to face that overt rejection. Not from someone I want to keep in my life, regardless of what role she plays.

The two weeks since that night have been busy.

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